Directions: Enumerate the following and define each term briefly. 1. The aspects of human growth and development. The following are the widely accepted aspects of human growth and development. 1. Physical growth and motor development; 2. Cognitive (Intellectual/Mental) development; 3. Emotional development; 4. Social development; I. PHYSICAL GROWTH AND MOTOR DEVELOPMENT One of the chief characteristics of a living organism is its ability to grow. A seedling grows into a plant which‚
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02-EdPsy-Chap02-6123 8/22/06 2 3:33 PM Page 32 Physical and Cognitive Development Preview Examining the shape of children’s development allows us to understand it better. Every childhood is distinct‚ and is the first chapter in a new biography. This chapter is about children’s physical and cognitive development. These are some of the questions we will explore: • Do children develop in distinct stages‚ or is their development smoother and more continuous? • How do children develop physically
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NURTURE – refers to all the environmental variables that impact who we are‚ including our early childhood experiences‚ how we were raised‚ our social relationships‚ and our surrounding culture. Theories of Human development Piaget’s Stages of Human development •The four stages of Piaget’s theory of cognitive development correspond with the age of the child and include the following: sensorimotor‚ preoperational‚ concrete operational‚ and formal operational. •The sensorimotor stage occurs from birth
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M3A1: Piaget Essay Piaget believes play to be related to cognitive development and that it helps children build knowledge and make sense of their world. Piaget promoted inquiry based learning that focused on children as being active learners in their environment‚ and included activities that are child directed‚ and child centered. Piaget’s theory of three educational principles discovery learning‚ sensitivity to children’s readiness to learn‚ and acceptance of individual differences continue to
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Jean Piaget was a Swiss psychologist who was interested in child development. He came up with the famous theory of the Cognitive Stages in children through adulthood. The stages include sensorimotor‚ preoperational‚ concrete operational‚ and formal operational. The different stages apply to different age groups. For example‚ the first stage‚ sensorimotor‚ applies to children at birth through 2 years of age‚ so this would not apply to the concrete operational kids whose age level includes kids who
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Jean Piaget was born in Neuchâtel‚ Switzerland on August 9‚ 1896. He was the first child of Arthur and Rebecca Piaget. Jean began showing an interest in the natural sciences at a very early age. By age 11‚ he had already started his career as a researcher by writing a short paper on an albino sparrow. He was also very interested in mollusks and by the time he was a teen‚ his papers on mollusks were being widely published. He continued to study the natural sciences and received his Ph.D. in Zoology
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ASCI 634 Aviation/Aerospace Psychology Term 2165 FINAL EXAM ANSWER SHEET NAME_______________________ 1. You have been selected to participate in a pilot selection program for a start-up airline. Will the component tests be primarily abilities or performance tests? What resources might make future selections procedures more effective? What things will you need to do to be sure that you have produced a good selection battery? a. The component test’s will actually
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nature vs. nurture‚ we will discover that babies possess cognitive skill‚ biological abilities‚ and physical characteristics that not only allow them to live but to survive in the world as we know it. Answering such questions as: Are newborns able to swim and why do newborns smile back at their parents or react to their mothers’ voice? Babies are born with exactly what it takes to live and communicate their various needs. Beginning with cognitive skill‚ babies have an innate ability to not only make
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adulthood. Unsure of his role in his friendships‚ school‚ and his family‚ Greg develops significantly in the film. In Piaget’s Theory of Cognitive Development‚ an 11 year old likely is still largely in the concrete operational stage while slowly developing into the formal operational stage. In this stage‚ children become more logical‚ flexible‚ and organized. Newly formed cognitive maps allow them to relate separate pieces of information at once. Maps become more organized and drawn to scale as children
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Gesell Maturational Theory is an idea that children grow according to their biology‚ according to this theory‚ children or teenagers will only develop according to how they have programmed their genetics. The Gesell Maturational Theory implies that all environmental factors such as experiences or injuries play only a small role‚ if any‚ in child development. Gesell used criteria for early screening for cognitive growth‚ hand eye coordination‚ number familiarity‚ short
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